Workshops/Retreats    

Workshop retreats are conducted in a safe, caring, and supportive environment that allows each participant to express and develop their unique gifts. Designed to inform, inspire, and empower, Wellness Paths workshops allow individual self-discovery. The perfect blend of instruction, discussion, visual highlights, and experience create a dynamic learning atmosphere.

Experiential elements such as journaling, music, guided imagery, and deep breathing are included to allow practice of class content. Participants are invited to take part in experiential components, respecting individual choice.

Workshop retreats are designed to allow renewal - the experience of stress relief - as well as to provide necessary health information for ongoing wellness. Locations on Cape Cod are chosen for their peaceful, natural settings. Since our environment and our relationships are essential components of health and wellness, workshops are held in retreat-like settings where nature encourages reflection and connection to self and others.

Overnight lodging is available through the retreat centers or at a multitude of nearby hotels and charming bed & breakfasts.

Workshops and presentations can also be held at your site – a place of business, academic setting, or private residence – and most can be custom-designed in content and time frame to meet the needs of your group. Speaker is available to travel.

Sample Workshops & Presentations:

Holistic Stress Management – Living Outside the Box

What if you could learn techniques and attitudes to start living outside the “stress as a way of life” box? This presentation will suggest tools and alternative coping strategies. Be prepared to laugh, learn, and relax!

        6.2 CEs for Health Professionals.   This continuing nursing education  activity was approved by  the                       American   Holistic Nurses’ Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing                        Center’s  Commission on Accreditation.

6.2 CEs for Social Workers. This program has been approved for 6.2 Category 1 Continuing Education Credits for relicensure in the period Oct. 1, 2006 - Spet. 30, 2008, in accordance with 258 CMR,  Boston University School of Social Work Authorization Number B-08-261.

    

  Next class: September 26, 9-5  Registration Form

Wellness through Empowerment

Take control of your health! Discover how to become an active participant in your quest for wellness and freedom from “dis-ease.” Learn how acknowledging personal power and challenging long-held beliefs can improve your health.

Humor for Health

It’s official – laughing is good for us! Explore the uses of humor, various types of humor, and the mind - body effects of laughter. This presentation is both informative and entertaining – side-splitting slides, readings, and a humor box will provide healing comic relief!

Blessed or Stressed?

Can stress be redefined and given a new perspective? (Consider, for example, spelling stressed backwards - desserts!) A new look at the “problem” of stress will provide opportunity for personal growth and increased joy while reducing the negative health effects of personal stress.

Healthy Pleasures and Personalities: Empowering the Immune System

Discover the mind-body benefits of enjoyment, pleasure, and empowering personality traits. Health can be acquired while doing what we most love and when positive attributes are developed.

Care & Feeding of the Spirit: Antidotes to Stress

Defining personal values, developing meaningful relationships, and considering our life’s purpose can cushion us during stressful times and life’s inevitable changes. Learn how to nourish your spirit for health & wellness.

Pet Therapy: Paws for Health

The human – animal connection allows companion animals to be therapeutic in many situations. The Delta Society, as one of the leaders of pet therapy research and education, and the speaker’s own experience using a therapy dog are the basis for this popular talk.

Eating Outside the Box

Learn how to eat for your immune system. Stress and stress-related eating behaviors lead to poor nutrition, leaving you defenseless to disease and illness. Learning to eat “outside the box” of processed foods can help you better cope with life’s inevitable changes.

Aromatherapy for Health & Enjoyment

Learn how therapeutic essential oils can be used for common ailments. Beyond the use of lavender for relaxation, aromatherapy can help fight infection, calm the digestive system, combat fatigue, relieve sinus congestion, ease pain, and more.

Holistic Nursing - The Art & Science of Care

Nurses: Learn how to become part of a healing environment where everyone benefits – you, your patients, your colleagues, and your employer. Prevent burnout, renew your commitment, rekindle the flame.

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Next class Oct. 11, 9-5   registration form

Holistic Care & Feeding of the Body-Mind-Spirit

Want to learn how   to  become an active member of  your  own health-care team? A  comprehensive series of classes teaches you  how to better care for yourself in an effort to prevent and heal dis-ease.  Includes experiential components where you will practice holistic self-care. Be inspired, informed, and empowered!

Please call 508.862.6395 or email info@wellnesspaths.com with questions or to schedule a workshop/retreat or custom presentation for your group.